Town of Jasper

JASPER HEARS WIND PLAN: FOUR SITES UNDER REVIEW BY INVENERGY:

Wind energy may be coming to Jasper.

On Tuesday night Jasper-Troupsburg High School hosted 30 area residents to hear an informational session presented by Chicago-based Invenergy representative Eric Miller.

According to Miller, the company is the third-largest builder nationally, and has established wind energy projects in other states, including Oklahoma, Texas and Montana.

Based on past wind developments, Miller gave estimations and explained different stages for a potential project in Jasper. He said each wind tower would have a height of about 400 feet, have three blades and the base would be 16 feet in diameter.

There also are four hilltop sites mapped out and considered usable due to the higher elevation. The locations that will be evaluated more closely will be Marsh Hill Road, Grass Hill, Jackson Hill and South Jackson Hill. There would be about 10 turbines per hill, Miller said.

First to spot the numerical typo in this article gets a special (as yet undetermined) prize.